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Patent Type:  Homestead Claimant: Henry Aug  Schmelzel Buried:  New Athens City Cemetery, New Athens, IL Back New Search

Land Office: North Platte Application 6020 10/20/1884 Occupied Date 4/14/1885 Final Certificate 3231 12/29/1890 Legal Description S½SE¼ & S½SW¼ of Sec 32 T8N R25W in Frontier county, Nebraska  (160 Acres) View this patent on a GIS map Link to digital documents on fold3.com (registration req'd): https://www.fold3.com/image/286642729 All information below from testimony taken at final filing Where Born Illinois Age 30 Post Office Farnam Marital Status Single House frame  12x18 Well Depth 125’ Notes died 8/29/1890, final proof filed by his father, John Schmelzel, sole heir Witness William Alspaw Age 29 Post Office Farnam Norman McDonald 40 Farnam Frank Burns Farnam Ira A. Mayfield Farnam Notice of filing published in Frontier County Faber Affiant C. A. Warner Editor

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